The Journey of Life series helps communities to support both caregivers and children in need. With individual and community resources often stretched to the breaking point-by, violence, natural disasters, HIV and AIDS, people need the information and skills to be able to plan. The Journey of Life series is based on the following key principles:

• The family and larger community have the strengths, the capacity and the resources to respond to the challenges of life. We begin with these strengths and support families and communities to build on them.
• However, the family and community need to understand their limitations and find the best use of their capacities and resources.
• Children are not passive recipients. Instead, they can be actively involved in meeting their own needs and those of other children and adults.